Tony Vaughan

MP since 4 Jul 2024

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Tony Vaughan is the Labour MP for Folkestone and Hythe, and has been an MP continually since 4 July 2024.

472

Votes Cast

£231,055

Expenses 2024-25

3,729

Majority

34.7%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£231,055

Staffing£180,608
Office£21,268
Accommodation£20,424
Travel£8,475
Other£280

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 43,246 voters

Labour
15,020 votes34.7%
Conservative
11,291 votes26.1%
Reform UK
10,685 votes24.7%
Green Party
3,954 votes9.1%
Liberal Democrat
1,736 votes4.0%
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
249 votes0.6%
Fairer Voting Party
240 votes0.6%
The Socialist Party of Great Britain
71 votes0.2%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

114

Written Questions

25

Oral Questions

84

Debates Spoken In

189

Speeches

472

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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2 NO

Opposition Day Motion

2 votes · 24 Mar 2026

NODefence
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5 AYE

National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill

5 votes · 23 Mar 2026

2 NO

Opposition day motion

2 votes · 18 Mar 2026

3 NO

Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage

3 votes · 11 Mar 2026

1 AYE1 NO

Courts and Tribunals Bill

2 votes · 10 Mar 2026

8 AYE

Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill

8 votes · 9 Mar 2026

Financial Interests(9)

(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

The Refugee

Research services provided for 2 days per week

1 April 2025 to 13 January 2026

£20,439
Name of donor
The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor
The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
Research services provided for 2 days per week, value £20,438.89
Date received
1 April 2025 to 13 January 2026
Date accepted
1 April 2025
Donor status
company, registration 12373468

Registered 9 February 2026

(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

The Refugee

Research services provided for 2 days per week

14 January 2026 to 31 March 2026

£5,561
Name of donor
The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor
The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
Research services provided for 2 days per week, value £5,561.11
Date received
14 January 2026 to 31 March 2026
Date accepted
14 January 2026
Donor status
company, registration 12373468

Registered 9 February 2026

(b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a)

The Refugee

Research services provided for 2 days per week between 1st January 2025 and 31st March 2025

1 January 2025 to 31 March 2025

£3,120
Name of donor
The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor
The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind
Research services provided for 2 days per week between 1st January 2025 and 31st March 2025, value £3,120
Date received
1 January 2025 to 31 March 2025
Date accepted
1 January 2025
Donor status
company, registration 12373468

Registered 27 January 2025

Visits outside the UK

The Refugee

£1,170
Name of donor
The Refugee, Asylum and Migration Policy Project (RAMP)
Address of donor
The Courtyard, High Street, Ascot SL5 7HP
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
flights and accommodation, value £1,170
Destination of visit
Egypt (Cairo)
Dates of visit
8 February 2025 to 10 February 2025
Purpose of visit
to visit the UNHCR refugee facility and staff, and to meet relevant stakeholders

Registered 16 March 2025

Visits outside the UK

The Refugee

£260
Name of donor
The Refugee, Asylum, Migration and Policy (RAMP) Project
Address of donor
The Courtyard, 69 High Street, Ascot, Berks SL5 7HP
Estimate of the probable value (or amount of any donation)
Transportation and food (£260), translation costs (£175), value £435
Destination of visit
France (Calais)
Dates of visit
12 June 2025 to 12 June 2025
Purpose of visit
To learn more about UK/French cooperation to tackle Channel crossings

Registered 24 June 2025

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Tony in Parliament

Children: Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to ensure that child maintenance calculations reflect the needs of children in the paying parent's home.

AnsweredDepartment for Work and Pensions14 Oct 2025

Asylum: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she will meet with representatives from the Refugee and Migrant Children’s Consortium to discuss their report entitled Lost Childhoods: T

AnsweredHome Office10 Jul 2025

Housing: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the equitability of service charge terms in TP1 documents for use by freeholders when purch

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government26 Jun 2025

Stalking

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to implement stalking protection notices that would be issued by police officers pending a full application to court

AnsweredHome Office23 Jun 2025

Parking Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of additional powers for local authorities to instigate stronger

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government11 Jun 2025

Fire and Rescue Services: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support firefighters suffering from long-term health effects caused by their work.

AnsweredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government11 Jun 2025

British Nationality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of people who come to the UK get citizenship after (a) five years and (b) ten years.

AnsweredHome Office21 May 2025

Immigration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of migrants are granted settlement after (a) five years and (b) ten years for which the latest data is available.

AnsweredHome Office21 May 2025

Patients: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS spent on sending letters to patients in the 2023-24 financial year.

AnsweredDepartment of Health and Social Care20 May 2025

Gambling: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the level of taxation on online gambling.

AnsweredTreasury20 May 2025
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